Crabber profits from curious tourists

Crabber profits from curious tourists: Money | adn.com:

Since April 28, David Lethin and his crew aboard the 107-foot Aleutian Ballad have been taking daily trips out of Ketchikan with an average of more than 100 passengers who get to watch the crew fish and harvest, and sometimes even hold the catch.

The video game royalties must be nice, too.

Theeeey're Great(-ly more expensive)!

The recent increase in wholesale grain prices has me bargain-shopping for cereal and bread.

Evidently, manufacturers figured they could trick me by making cereal boxes smaller.

Maybe I'll start eating my frosted flakes with a baby spoon...

And that's why you take your vitamins, Ruth.

From a recent thread on Slashdot:

Vitamin D3 is usually produced by exposure to the UV-B in sunlight, but in high latitudes, especially in the fall and winter, insufficient UV-B gets through the atmosphere to produce enough vitamin D3, even with hours of exposure

3 Types of People

The PrincipalsPage.com Blog says there are three types of people.

Those who:
1. Get it
2. Don't get it
3. Don't know they don't get it

But there is a fourth group too!

The fourth group is people who write blogs with theories about the first 3 groups. These people are sad and twisted (and borderline pathetic).

On my best days, I'll admit to being in groups 2 & 4.

Kucinich: 'We went to war for the oil companies'

By all appearances, Dick Cheney planned to get rich by killing thousands of Americans in an illegal war. One piece of his evil plan was exposed on the House floor this week. Go get 'em Dennis!

From therawstory: Kucinich: 'We went to war for the oil companies'

...oil executives who secretly met with the vice president in 2001 should be held criminally liable for pushing an illegal war.

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In March 2001, two years before Iraq was invaded, Cheney met with top executives from Exxon Mobil Corp., Shell Oil Co., BP America Inc. and others on his infamous secret Energy Task Force.

Oil Price Fallout

From ABC News:

As the cost of shipping continues to soar along with fuel prices, homegrown manufacturing jobs are making a comeback after decades of decline.

While it once cost $3,000 to ship a container from a city like Shanghai to New York, it now costs $8,000, prompting some businesses to look closer to home for manufacturing needs.

Just nine years ago, the price of oil was $10 per barrel and now it's $140 per barrel. Result: a 267% increase in shipping cost. Holy crap. No wonder that companies are beginning to manufacture at home.

Too bad our economy is in the (oil) tank; most folks can't afford to purchase the stuff anyhow.

How much does the Iraq war cost?

Via Neatorama: